How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real ...

Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell ...

Without its usual crowd of spectators, Kaikyokan’s sunfish essentially started to fall into a deep-sea depression.

A sunfish at a Japanese aquarium became ill after the facility closed for renovations. In a novel attempt to help, aquarium staff used uniforms and human cutouts to simulate a crowd, prompting the ...

This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish was ailing. Almost as soon as the ...

Sunfish, found in every ocean in the world, are a delicacy in Japan. They are believed to be able to live up to 10 years in captivity, though they are not commonly found in aquariums due to the ...

Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishment ...

The creature appeared to rediscover its appetite after seeing some familiar images outside its aquarium tank during renovation work, keepers said.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A sunfish at a municipal aquarium undergoing renovation in this west Japan city became unwell, but recovered after its tank was decorated with staff uniforms and pictures ...